mister meek for his testimony. and members of both subcommittees think you for having me here today. on september 112001 i waspt running operations for goldman sachs. as i watch the first responders running into the courage of that day. i'm still a financial services executive.to shoulder strong as a charitable organization committed to improving the lives of our servicemen, and veterans. it started with a quest from an forward operating base. for the deployed troops. we assembled and sent over 75,000 supplies. as the words went down we contemplated shutting down. in retrospect one to in particular would bring this question to focus for me. april 27, 2011 was my daughter's fifth birthday. without a care in the world. 6,800 miles away army sergeant the site. his injuries would rob him the ability to walk again. dan's experience that date a date was the first reminder of how much we are veterans and how they allow all of us to take for granted the lives we were blessed to live here. empowering him to walk once again. they find the most advanced devices. the collection of devices we currently fund is with this shoulder suit. allows paralyzed ve